General Catalyst’s Deep Nishar said that Adept possesses a depth of expertise to deliver a commercial product that pushes the generative AI frontier beyond text and image modalities into the practical realm of knowledge worker actions. This has not disrupted product development, though. However, the company has reportedly experienced some high-level turnover, losing two of its co-founders to another startup in recent months. In a recent survey of AI professionals by Intel-owned Cnvrg.io, nearly 50% said that they believe organization investment in AI development will increase despite the macroeconomic climate.Īdept is currently running lean with just 25 employees. DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman has teamed up with LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman to launch Inflection AI, which aims to use AI to help humans work more efficiently with computers.ĭespite the competition, investors are still interested in the market opportunity. In a February 2022 paper, scientists at Alphabet-backed DeepMind had an AI observe keyboard and mouse commands from people completing “instruction-following” computer tasks, like booking a flight, to learn how to do them itself. The versatility of ACT-1 has attracted strategic investors like Microsoft, Nvidia, Atlassian and Workday, all of whom market software that might someday benefit from its AI assistant.Īdept is not the only company exploring this idea. A prototype is ready for desktop, but will also come to mobile in the near future. ACT-1 displays as an overlay window on top of existing software like Google Chrome or Salesforce.

Adept’s MVP, called ACT-1, can perform tasks like importing LinkedIn URLs into recruiting software.

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